I’m not here for a long time; I’m here for a good time

May 14th, 2012 by Rebel Mope

As these pages are devoid of my personal data, I thought I might tell you a story. It is the story of medicine and how things go terribly, terribly wrong. Or right, as my case might be.

I was partying like it was 1999 some four years ago, July of  ’08, just months before the coronation of the historically unprecedented mulatto.  I was at a cookout at a local restaurant where the Sam Adams flowed and Black John cooked ribs and yard bird. John is a talkative sort who will regale you with stories of how he would confound strangers by asking if they new what NAACP stands for. He would tell them Negros Are Actually Colored Pollacks. They invariably would not laugh so as not to offend. I laughed. That was my big mistake. He hasn’t shut up since. He makes the best damn bar-b-que sauce on the planet.

Nevertheless, Black John’s cleanliness is impeccable, especially while cooking. Once, I witnessed someone just open his food and he tossed it in the garbage.

I write this to show what happened next could not possibly be his fault. For the next day when I went for some of the ‘hair of the dog’, it struck. I mean bad. Never eat day old chicken. Usually, Sam Adams will flush your system, but this strain had a mind of its own.

At the same time, I was having some bouts of lightheadedness which I had chalked up to drinking and smoking to my heart’s content. Once or twice as I stood up from my bar stool, I hit the floor. No big deal. Get up, take a leak, and have another beer. No big deal.

Except the bartender was a female. You know, one of them squishy “ambulance calling at the drop of a hat” types. I would have no part of it. So she cut me off from my plasma. No Big Deal. There a thousand gin-mills around here. On my way to the next my friend’s wife calls me to have a drink. It was a set-up. As I was walking up her driveway the chicken started barking in my stomach. As I was leaning over the fence trying to decide which end it was coming out she came out trying to talk me into going to the hospital. Absolutely not. I walked home barely making it.

Then her husband calls me. “Lemme take you to the hospital.” No. No. A Thousand times no. Two minutes later my brother calls. Just to get him of my back I relented. What a mistake. Drunk at the hospital on a Friday night is a buzz-kill. After waiting around for a break in the shooting victims, they ran some tests. Then some more. Then again more. There was waiting, and more waiting. The three people in the next room were loudly discussing there sexual proclivities. My brother kindly asked them to pipe down. He must’ve have been referring to the crack pipe.

Then, finally the intern waltzed in and began with the old “I don’t know how to tell you this…” It lasted about two minutes until I was just about reaching for his throat. I don’t understand why they got to pretend they’re Marcus Welby, M.D., but whoever told them that’s how to break bad news ought to be horse whipped. “We think you have metastasized brain cancer.”

I about burst out laughing. What held me back was the look on my brother and my friend’s faces. All the while this hack of a doctor was telling me this, I’m thinking “I’m glad this isn’t a maternity hospital, he’d say I’m pregnant.” After he left the boys were completely dumbstruck. I actually felt sorry for them, they were so distraught. “It is what it is,” I said.

One of the things that goes through your mind is that someone is going to go through your stuff if you die and I needed to throw out some letters and photos, if you get my drift. More like burn them. If I could only get out of there.

Sleeping in the hospital is impossible. They wake you every two hours or so, and here’s a little tip for the visitors- don’t ask a bunch of questions that the patient already answered. It’s annoying. I didn’t want to explain eighteen times everything- I just wanted to sleep. Dammit.

Then came the parade of doctors, each aghast at my consumption rates- well, what I admitted to. I swear I could have inebriated the whole bevy with a bottle of chardonnay. They took turns asking me to squeeze their fingers together as hard as I could. These pinheads had no idea I could have crushed them like a bug. They would be playing the piano with their toes. I was afraid some might want to become surgeons so I didn’t snap the tiny uncalloused little pretzels. I’m compassionate that way.  Or maybe I couldn’t get a good grip.

For cancer to metastasize, it has to come from somewhere else. So they looked. A CAT scan. Full body X-ray. Blood. Lumbar drain (Spinal tap for you people in Rio Linda.) More blood. Then they took me to the MRI. After three days of them poking and prodding, I could have gone through with it, but I had enough of the charade. I told them I didn’t fit in their machine and so they scheduled an “open MRI”. That meant I would have to leave the campus. And I could finally have a smoke. Thus, I plotted my escape.

I had top promise not to smoke and go to this open MRI to be released. Like I couldn’t escape if I really wanted to. So I did.

The Open MRI was uneventful, save the TV had some soap opera on that was giving me a headache. And the nurse who I informed I don’t like needles, didn’t quite understand. Later, my mother, a nurse,  told me I should use more forceful language in the future, like “I can become violent at the sight of a needle.” They seem to understand that.

Thinking my nightmare was over and smoking away on the way home, I recieved a call from the pinheaded doctor. He wanted me to submit to another spinal tap. They say you should ask a lot of questions, so I began with “What was wrong with the last one? Was it abnormal?” No, he said it was fine. “Did you do it incorrectly?” Oh, no, no no. He just wanted to do it again. I asked him to politely go pound sand. Thinking back, that must have been the single most painful thing that I have ever been through in my life.

Some weeks later, I visited the bigshot doctor in his office. They couldn’t find where this metastasized from and the wanted to drill several holes in my skull to mine for one to find out what kind it was- to effectuate a treatment. This guy just oozed confidence and he was certain he could figure out what it was within fifteen minutes of the procedure. Only one problem- after drilling the holes they would have to wake me for the biopsy.

My old man used to say some pretty nifty things. One of the things he would say was “I need this like I need a hole in my head.” Obviously, this was an instance where this axiom applied.

I decided that my course of action was to do nothing. That’s right. Nothing. Some people were shocked that I would give up so easily, others were downright telling me I had to do the procedure. Still others wanted me to get right with God. (Little do they know I’ve already been down that path. I just don’t talk about it.) Considering the alternative, and the circumstances, it was clearly the correct choice.

Then, lightening struck again. My brother, who is 3 years younger, was diagnosed with Astrocytoma a year ago, three years after my diagnosis, such that it was. His prognosis is bleak.

I dare not put in these pages my contempt for the medical profession not just for the way they scared his wife into the operation and subsequent radiation/chemotherapy. I will state here on this page his doctors refused my offer to send them my records.

Anyway, I must go. I hope someone can fill these pages in my absence with something pithy. And cheerful.

Always remember my motto: “I’m not here for a long time; I’m here for a good time.”

Consider taking up that motto. Sometimes it pays off.

 

 

 

Guest Poster: Posted by the lonely conservative student.

May 10th, 2012 by Lizard

Araceli Mercado Sanchez, a 22 year old wife of Pfc. Guillermo Garcia, was stopped by a police officer for an illegal turn. Our trusty media feels the need to tell you that she was shopping for her three year olds birthday party supplies (multiple times). This bit of information has no effect in this case whatsoever, but people feel bad for young mothers so of course they would put this in. During the traffic stop, the police find out she has been in the United States illegally since she was little. Not to mention she has no driver’s license or social security card. This now moves up the offenses to illegal turn, driving without a license, and being here illegally. (Just keeping track) Therefore her car was towed, she was taking into custody, and turned over to Border Patrol where she was detained in an immigration jail on pending charges.
Now in her defense, she was able to produce a military spouse card. Now thanks to President Obama and his “parole in place” act, spouses of military personnel do not have to leave the country to complete the process to becoming an American citizen. Garcia explained he joined the Army to ensure his wife’s application went smoothly. Exactly the reason we want people to be joining military service, right? The story gets even better when you find out they have been married for four years. If becoming a legal resident was so important, you think they would have started the process before March of 2012. Since she has only applied and in the process of this application, she technically doesn’t fall into the parole in place act. This fact right here tells me the border control did their job effectively. Sanchez did not have a license or any supporting documentation, how do they know the spousal card was legitimate?
The ICE agency says they are “committed to ensuring that its limited resources are focused on the removal of those who pose a threat to public safety such as criminal aliens and national security threats, as well as repeat immigration law violators, recent border entrants, and fugitives from immigration court.”
They are talking about their limited resources, what about ours? The health care, education, and jobs illegal immigrants take away from American citizens. With health care cost rising, unemployment over 8%, and overfilled schools, I’d say we also have a limited resource problem and no one helping us. Illegal immigrants do in fact, “pose a threat”.
Since she had no criminal background and confirmed her spousal card was legitimate, she was released. This seems like hypocrisy. Immigrants who are here illegally are criminals. They are breaking the law plain and simple.
According to The Dream Act, I believe she should have to serve her 4 years as well in the army to gain citizenship; not just find a spouse who is on active duty or willing to join so you can become a citizen.

Denial is Not a River in Saudi Arabia

May 6th, 2012 by Rebel Mope

After this interview aired, Obama spokesman Ben Labolt issued forth a statement saying Percy Sutton was mistaken. Thusly:

Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told Newsmax that Sutton’s account was “bogus” and a “fabrication that has been retracted” by a spokesman for the Sutton family.

[A} spokesman for Sutton's family, Kevin Wardally said:

"As best as our family and the Chairman's closest friends can tell, Mr. Sutton, now 86 years of age, misspoke in describing certain details and events in that television interview."

Ben Smith of the Politico said of the spokesman's retraction:

Who is Khalid Al Mansour?

Before becoming a Muslim, al-Mansour in the 1960s was named Don Warden. He was deeply involved in San Francisco Bay Area racial politics as founder of a group called the African American Association. A close personal adviser to Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, al-Mansour helped the pair establish the Black Panther Party but later broke with them when they entered coalitions with white radical groups.

In the mid-1970s al-Mansour met Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Tatal, who today is best known for having offered a $10 million donation toward 9/11 relief efforts in 2001 — an offer that was rejected by New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani when the prince suggested that the terrorist attacks were an indication that America “should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause.” Al-Mansour’s relationship with the prince eventually led to al-Mansour’s hiring as attorney to King Saud. He has since been an adviser to Saudi billionaires who fund the spread of Wahhabi extremism in America.

 

HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) received at his office in Riyadh a delegation from the Saudi Society of Civil Engineering (SSCE) headed by Dr. Abdullah Saeed Al Ghamdi, Chairman. The delegation included Eng. Faisal Abdulrahman Asra, Guardian of the Council, Eng. Hussain Al Zahrani, Board Member and in charge of Finance, Eng. Alawi Sumait, Board Member and in charge Public Relations, Eng. Abdullah Al Ahmadi, Board Member and in charge of Branches, Dr. Turki Alaboud, Board Member and in charge of Membership Affairs, Dr. Waleed Khashaifati, Board Member and Eng. Mohamed Bokhary, Executive Manager. The meeting was also attended by Ms. Nahla Alanbar Private Executive Assistant to HRH the Chairman and Mr. Fahad Al Ofi, Executive Assistant to HRH the Chairman.

Well, that’s all fascinating, but what do these people do?

The meeting began as Dr. Al Ghamdi thanked Prince Alwaleed for giving the delegation an opportunity to meet with him and discussed economic, investment and philanthropic issues. Dr. Al Ghamdi commended the Prince on his efforts on the business front locally and globally, and on his support for charity in Saudi Arabia and worldwide.

No, Obama couldn’t possibly know Mansour. Why did the Saudi King hire a former Black Panther who just happened to convert to Islam?

Virginia Goeldner said when her nephew was elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois, she knew he would someday run for president. She just didn’t expect it so soon.

Obama’s grandfather, Stanley Dunham, was Virginia Goeldner’s brother. Dunham’s wife, Madelyn, was Obama’s grandmother – Toot as he called her – who raised him after his mother moved oversees in the late 1960s.

 

Percy Sutton said al Mansour was from Texas… let’s return to the Virginia story…

Virginia Goeldner said that after World War II, her brother and his family left Kansas for Texas, then later moved to the Seattle area, where Ann graduated high school. The family eventually migrated to Hawaii, where Stanley Dunham worked as a furniture dealer and his wife was a top loan officer with the Bank of Hawaii.

 

Abdullah Al Ahmadi mentioned in the first photo, part of the delegation thanking Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Tatal, is Virginia’s son-in-law.

Virginia [Dunham] and Cecil met at the Boeing plant in Kansas. The two married in Wellington and had three children: One child died at the age of three and a half to cancer. That left daughter Debi, known as Laya,” and son, Kevin. Cecil and Virginia moved to Arkansas with Cecil job after the children had finished school. The Goeldners’ describe Debi as an honor student who attended the same college that her grandfather did in Lawrence, KS.

A linguistics major, Debi worked as a professor at the college in Lawrence, teaching foreign students English. “One of the students Debi taught became her husband, an Engineering student from Saudi Arabia on scholarship. He graduated a year before she did,” Virginia said. “Debi’s main emphasis was the Arabic language. She moved to Saudi Arabia with her husband after graduation, where she lives today with their five children.

Her husband, Abdullah Al-Ahmadi is a Civil Engineer and a manager with Saudi Aramco.

Percy Sutton said he wrote the letter. I believe him.

It certainly explains this.

H/T MT

Update:

You know, I haven’t been following this NewCorp phone hacking scandal, but I just ran across this:

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the second biggest shareholder in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, has revealed his frustration with the fallout from the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and admitted that it is harming the reputation of the company overall, not just its publishing interests.

This could explain why FOX news refuses to allow any discussion of the eligibility issues.

The New Improved Pravda

May 3rd, 2012 by Rebel Mope

 

OK, the 48 hour rule has expired. Let’s take a look at the photos of May Day in Chicago.

First, from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Next, The Chicago Tribune.

The Tribune has a photo of Ayers and Dhorn but nothing like the photos Marathon Pundit posted.

“Statement of Principles”  from The Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune places great emphasis on the integrity of government and of the private institutions and individuals who serve and lead society. It acts as a watchdog on government, protecting citizen interests in quarters where citizens themselves might not otherwise be represented. The newspaper does this in the belief that the people cannot consent to be governed unless they have knowledge of, and faith in, the leaders and operations of government. Always, the people are sovereign.”

“The editorial page has four essential roles: to serve as a check on the power of government, to set an agenda for the Chicago region and the nation, to make persuasive arguments for the enactment of that agenda, and to inform and guide its readers so they can make better decisions.“

Release the Khalidi tape.

So I can make a better decision.

Another FARCing Connection

May 2nd, 2012 by Rebel Mope

As I noted earlier:

“When Colombian Authorities killed FARC Commander Raul Reyes in 2008 they found on his computer this short ‘love note’:

In a Feb. 28 letter, FARC chieftain Raul Reyes cheerily reported to his inner circle that he met “two gringos” who assured him “the new president of their country will be Obama and that they are interested in your compatriots. Obama will not support ‘Plan Colombia’ nor will he sign the TLC (Free Trade Agreement).”

This letter was on a FARC computer, dated Feb. 28- I’m assuming 2008- would be 18 days after Obama announced his candidacy. I sure hope it wasn’t 2007 or 2006. I always wondered how they knew.”

FARC went on to give up intelligence on how they were supported by the leftists here. United States’ Attorney Fitzgerald, while issuing forth subpoenas, has been silent on the matter since September of 2010. Huh. Imagine that- Fitzgerald a political hack. Who knew?

One of the guys raided and subpoenaed, Joe Iosbaker, was photographed at an earlier Occutard rally by Marathon Pundit:

 

Marathon also posted this lovely couple enjoying a walk in the park on May Day:

(Be sure to check out his photos of May Day in Chicago here.)

OK, to recap, we have the connection between the Occutards and Hugo Chavez and FARC. We have the US Attorney (Fitzgerald) who is sitting on indictments on the material support for terrorism charges on supporters of Occutards. We have Teamsters and the SEIU supporting the Occutards. We have the connection between the Occutards and the FARC.  Also the connection between FARC and Chavez.

Another question I have ruminated on is the connection between Chavez and Amadinejad. It baffled me what the two had in common and what they base their friendship on.

Chavez is Catholic:

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wiped tears from his face as he pleaded for life in his fight against an undisclosed cancer at a Catholic Mass in his home state of Barinas.

Chavez, speaking Thursday at the Mass held for his health and broadcast on state television, said cancer is a “real threat” that takes many lives and that he has faith that he will win the fight against the disease.

Chavez, who returned April 4 from Cuba where he underwent a second round of radiation therapy, said he shed tears when he felt the hands of his parents, Hugo and Elena, touch him during the Mass. His siblings also attended the service.

“If this was necessary, may it be welcome,” Chavez said, who wore a white T-shirt under a blue and white track suit. “But I ask God to give me life, however painful. I can carry 100 crosses, your crown of thorns, but don’t take me yet. I still have things to do.”

Despite his imminent demise, Hugo adores Amadinejad:

Despite their geographical distance, the two countries have forged increasingly close ties, a lot of which is down to their shared anti-Americanism, although concrete projects have often lagged behind the rhetoric.

The two men hugged, beamed, held hands and showered each other with praise. “President Chavez is the champion in the war on imperialism,” Ahmadinejad said.

 

OK, so what is the connection? Let’s go to wiki:

Under Islamic law, jizya or jizyah (Arabic: جزية‎ ǧizyahIPA: [dʒizja]; Ottoman Turkish: cizye; both derived from Pahlavi and possibly from Aramaicgaziyat[1]) is a per capitatax levied on a section of an Islamic state‘s non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria. The tax is and was to be levied on able-bodied adult males of military age and affording power[2] (but with specific exemptions).[3][4] From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims’ acceptance of subjection to the state and its laws, “just as for the inhabitants it was a concrete continuation of the taxes paid to earlier regimes.”[5] In return, non-Muslim citizens were permitted to practice their faith, to enjoy a measure of communal autonomy, to be entitled to the Muslim state’s protection from outside aggression, and to be exempted from military service and the zakat taxes obligatory upon Muslim citizens.[6][7][8]

The word jizya is derived from the root word that refers to “part”, hence taken from a part of the wealth of the non-Muslim citizens. In fact, the use of the word jizya was not even necessary. Al-Tabari wrote that some members of the Christian community asked the companion “Umar bin al-Khatab if they could refer to the jizya as sadaqah which literally means “charity”, which he approved of.[9]

There is really no difference between the new democrats and hard line Islamists. Democrats of Obama’s stripe demand payment from people that oppose them- they “Reward their friends and punish their enemies.” These payment demands are usually “for the children”- as if it were some sort of charity, but really it’s a tax on success, success being antithesis of anything Obama.

Just as Christians must pay jizya to Muslims to continue their way of life, Obama is demanding payment from Capitalists to continue operating in a Socialist economy.

 

Some Corporations are Persons

May 1st, 2012 by Rebel Mope

From that bastion of Liberalism that is Cook County, Illinois,  a nugget to be winnowed from the empty husks.

First, a little background. Toni Preckwinkle is the President of the Cook County board.

Preckwinkle has developed a reputation for progressiveness.[21][22][23]

In her first two aldermanic election attempts for the 4th ward, in 1983 and 1987, Preckwinkle lost to the incumbent, Timothy C. Evans.[8] Evans was Chicago MayorHarold Washington‘s City Council floor leader and lieutenant.

Evans defeated Preckwinkle by a 77% to 21% margin.[12] In 1987, although both the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Evans, they praised Preckwinkle for her numerous qualities, including intelligence and independence, and expressed hopes she would continue in politics.[3][13] Preckwinkle was endorsed by state Rep.Carol Moseley Braun and also by the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, but not by Harold Washington, who endorsed Evans.

Preckwinkle was re-elected as 4th Ward Democratic committeeman on March 19, 1996, running unopposed on the ballot after her successful challenges to the nominating petitions of Charles S. Williams and her 1995 and 1999 aldermanic challenger Kwame Raoul, who were both just a few dozen signatures short of the number required to earn a place on the ballot.[57]

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According to the New Yorker’s account, Preckwinkle “soon became an Obama loyalist, and she stuck with him in a State Senate campaign that strained or ruptured many friendships but was ultimately successful.” [67][68] In 1995, she successfully challenged the signatures of Obama’s opponents in the Democratic Primary for the Illinois Senate, allowing Obama to run unopposed.

According to the New Yorker article, Preckwinkle had since become “disenchanted” with Obama. The article’s author suggested that Preckwinkle’s “grievances” against Obama were motivated by Preckwinkle’s perception that Obama was disloyal.[68] Notwithstanding any such concerns, Preckwinkle was an Obama delegate at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

A member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a lifetime member of the NAACP, the semi-retired Pincham lectured and instructed in trial and appellate techniques and advocacy. He received numerous awards for his professional and community service and activism. [2]

By 1990, she had become executive director of the Chicago Jobs Council, and become allied with civil rights attorney R. Eugene Pincham.

R. Eugene died of complications from lung and brain cancer.[3]

The funeral was held in private at the South Side church, and culminated in remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.[4]

The incestuous slough of progressive politics that is Cook County runs a trail all the way to the White House. But that is not why I’m here. Toni Preckwinkle, taking a page out of Dick Durbin’s playbook, is portraying her latest proposal as reasonable and fair.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle wants to accelerate efforts to do away with unincorporated areas over the next several years, saying today that the county can no longer afford to provide services for the 98,000 residents that live in those patches.

Instead, Preckwinkle wants nearby towns and villages to annex the county’s 62 square miles of unincorporated land into their borders, leaving those municipalities to pick up the cost for police protection, animal control and other key services.

Preckwinkle acknowledges it’s a controversial idea that will meet resistance from towns that don’t want to shoulder the added costs and residents that fear annexation could force their taxes to go up.

Yes, so reasonable, so fair. There’s only one problem…

Preckwinkle said it’s unclear how much money the county would save in the long run by eliminating unincorporated areas, but said residents would benefit from annexation because they would receive better representation from local government.

If the citizens would be better served by local government then by County government, why not just disband County government?

And why, exactly, would a “progressive” want unincorporated areas to incorporate? I thought they hated evil corporations.

Will the last person to leave kindly turn out the lights?

Also see this.

Spiking the Football

April 30th, 2012 by Rebel Mope

There’s a certain etiquette to spiking the football that Mr. Obama lacks. I consider spiking the ball unsportman like, but be that as it may, some relish the practice. Only you don’t spike the ball in the middle of the game after getting a first down while you are losing.

Obama’s newest venture into the realm of the Anti-Midas comes with an ad questioning whether Mr. Romney would have made the same call. (I’ll spare you the ad.) Romney, surprisingly, quipped back “even Jimmy Carter would have made the call.” That will leave a mark.

Then comes Peter Bergen of CNN to further the story, which included this:

 

Bin Laden’s principal conduit to his organization was Atiyah Abdul Rahman, a Libyan militant of about 40. Viewed by officials in the West as no more than a mid-tier terrorist, Rahman was actually bin Laden’s chief of staff. In a 48-page memo to Rahman written in October 2010, bin Laden told him that al Qaeda’s longtime sanctuary in Pakistan’s tribal areas was now too dangerous because of the campaign of American drone strikes there. The CIA had launched a record number of strikes into the tribal regions during 2010. Bin Laden wrote, “I am leaning toward getting most of our brothers out of the area.”

Bin Laden advised his followers not to move around the tribal regions except on overcast days when America’s all-seeing satellites and drones would not have as good visibility of the area. He complained that, “the Americans have great accumulated expertise of photography of the region due to the fact they have been doing it for so many years. They can even distinguish between houses that are frequented by male visitors at a higher rate than is normal.”

bin Ladin knew he was hot and about to get hotter in October of 2010.

Now let’s look at this from The Daily Mail who claim Seal Team Six took offense to Obama spiking the football:

A former intelligence official who was serving in the US government when bin Laden was killed said that the Obama administration knew about the al-Qaeda leader’s whereabouts in October 2010 but delayed taking action and risked letting him escape.

Not only was he spiking the football, but he stood by the goal line killing time before he did it.
Why did he wait? What could he be saving this for?
Oh. Yeah.
Nah, this isn’t spiking the football. This is a year long celebration in the end zone.
How can he celebrate when he promised to not rest until everyone had a job?

 

 

Willard -Updated

April 14th, 2012 by Rebel Mope

 

With all due deference to Misha who writes:

I will hold my nose in November and vote for that stinking shyster Mittens if he’s the candidate, and I will hate myself for it forever more. I will never forgive myself. I will never try to excuse it. I will have betrayed my conservative principles by doing so, and there is no way around that, because it’s true.

But I, personally, can’t choose the other option. To me, it’s worse.

and Teh Crunch-ster who writes:

So yes, I will vote for Mittens. And I won’t hold my nose while doing so, because after three years of watching my country be destroyed, I will gladly do anything to save her. Four more years of the radical America hating communists will kill her, and we will have allowed it to happen because we took our ball and went home.

Spoken like a true Marine, Crunch, but that doesn’t solve the problem. Heck, that only identifies one of the problems. And it entrenches the country-club republicans into a fortified position- not that the worms will be there long- they’ll screw that up, as well.

Since the TEA party handed the republicans the 2010 mid-term election on a silver platter, what, exactly, did the TEA party get in return? Leadership in the committees? Financial backing for elections? Promises of campaign appearances? HAH! They get nothing. Thankyouverymuch.

If you guys want to bend over and spread ‘em, at least get something for it. A reach around- something.

Before I even contemplate a vote for Willard, I want to know who torpedoed Herman Cain. If you will notice, his accusers vanished after he suspended his campaign. Don’t tell me Obama’s people did that to him, it’s got Karl Rove’s fingerprints all over it. That was an operation by republicans against one of their one.

Conservatives will never get to sit at the grown-up’s table if we keep electing RINO bitches. RINO’s allowed two Marxists on the Supreme Court- not that they could have done much, but they did nothing. It’s almost like they are colluding with these Marxists.

Case in point, from the L.A. Slimes:

The campaign also made public via a website both Obama’s and Biden‘s tax returns going back to the year 2000.

“Governor Romney has yet to provide tax returns from the period in which he made hundreds of millions as a corporate buyout specialist, or as governor of Massachusetts, the experience he says qualifies him to be president,” Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement. “Mitt Romney’s defiance of decades of precedent set by presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle, including his own father, begs the question – what does he have to hide?”

If Willard can’t hit that beachball over the fence, he has no business in the race.

Ya think someone at the Romney campaign might suggest Obama release his college transcripts? Maybe Obama will release his passport files. Or maybe Obama will have the Hawaii Dept. of Health issue a statement claiming the birth certificate he posted is legitimate- unlike himself. But no, birther nonsense will get us nowhere. It’s almost as if everyone knows this maggot is an illegal alien, but are sworn to silence.

But seriously, since when did rules matter for either side of the aisle? We have “sanctuary cities” that refuse to deport illegals and the feds just look the other way. If the rules don’t matter, why have them?

By your own admission, Willard would only slow the pace of decline.

Republicans have done nothing to curb the ever increasing size of the federal government. They allowed out of control borrowing. They allowed the Dems to proceed without a budget.

Republicans say they support individuals freedom, but they narrow the field down to the candidate they decide. That’s not a choice.

When did I agree to this? At what point did I consciously decide that this government should be in the business of telling me what kind of Chinese light bulb to use? When did I decide to water down my vote by allowing illegal aliens to vote without a ID and demand workers show one when voting to install a union in a workplace? Why do I have to be a part of this farce?

No, I’ll have none of it.

Because of the location of my birth , I am required to be subject to the laws the current government deems to enforce? When did I agree to that? This government, and both parties, have broken their agreement with me by their failure to enforce the law equally. The ballot box is broken. The courts are broken. There’s only one box left.

 

“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say ‘what should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”–Samuel Adams

 

Sooner or later Igor Panarin’s prediction will come to fruition.

 

Rurik notes:

Some of us seem tempted to let The Imposter win, just to spite Romney, while concentrating on holding the House and winning back the Senate. You really think? Sure we can repeal Obamacare once we have the Senate. Sure? Consider this.

If the False Dmitry is reelected, it will give him legitimation, and legitimize all his deeds of the previous four years. Today we can claim the American People did not know who and what they were voting for, but that excuse will be gone if he is reelected, whether by fair means or foul. In the view of the average voter, of the outside world, and of History.

Particularly in the view of History, since it is generally written by the victors. We who opposed The King of Clubs will be clubbed and silenced. All the negative evidence will be decisively suppressed and destroyed. His acolytes, like Axelrod, Fairey, Holder, Ayers, and others will see to that. Waverers and fence-sitters will get back with the program.

And repeal of Obozocare, or anything else? How likely are you to get the Congress, with its RINO faction, to agree to repealing the signature program of a president only just reelected? Even if you were to succeed, would not the legislation be vetoed by the incumbent? And if the veto were overridden? Why would not the reelected tyrant just refuse to recognize and obey that law? Just as he does now. He has already demonstrated his contempt for any law he does not like. Or any Court decision. What makes anyone think that a new Congress would take action when so many members have already submitted without murmur? A new Congress will be bold only with a new President.

Further, if The King of Clubs is reelected, there is even less chance he will step aside in 2016. Why should he? As just stated, he has already shown his disrespect and disregard for Law and Constitution. Why would he not repeal the XXII Amendment? Perhaps by administrative decree, as he has done with other matters – just to rub our noses in it. Or maybe he’ll just declare the whole old document obsolete, null and void, and establish himself as King (or Caliph?) Maybe he will continue the Roman Imperial tradition of preserving the hollowed out forms while ruling as autocrat. Would that make it any more palatable? It is a rule of history, Legitimation begets power; and power begets more power.

Perhaps the Supreme Court may save us? If the Imposter is returned for another four (or more) years, will not some of the older justices abandon hope of outlasting him and just retire? Or perhaps someone such as Thomas or Alito might have a sudden attack of Breitbart’s Disease.

As for Willdard Mitt. I do think it is a reasonable assumption that if he is able to take the White House, he will bring along control of both houses of Congress. And that should stiffen his back and point his note in the Right direction. It could also be a useful constitutional experiment. Back when our system was first set up the Founding Fathers intended that the chief authority and power should reside in the two houses of Congress. The President was to be only a chief executive officer of the will of our elected representatives. The President was to preside. That requires administrative ability, not necessarily leadership vision. In fact, the founders would have preferred to see “The Vision Thing” embodied in the greater of our private citizens. Mitt could be just the mediocrity they had in mind, and not some vainglorious Man of Destiny on his white horse.

 

I think he has a point. It’s on top of his head, but it’s a good point. It would be pretty hard to pull off a bluff on the RINO’s demanding such things as committee placement when everyone knows a Willard loss is the death knell.

That being said, somebody better come up with a plan. When you have the enemy on the run a tactician will tell you to pursue them “To the last gasp of man and beast”.

I want indictments.

Send in the Drones

April 10th, 2012 by Rebel Mope

Today we shall explore the case of Rodney Brossart. He is the guy that was accused of ‘rustling’ cattle and was arrested by a SWAT team with the help of a drone in North Dakota.

From November 6, 2011:

NEAR LAKOTA, ND (WDAZ-TV) – A months-long standoff southeast of Lakota, ND, has ended after two of the family members involved were arrested in a field and three others surrendered.

“We put a tactical operational plan together this afternoon and we implemented it and everything went as planned for us, so we’re very pleased that we did end with a peaceful resolution this evening,” Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke said.

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Nelson County Sheriff’s deputy Eric Braathen says a juvenile, school-aged child was also taken into custody.

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Sometime between 7 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Rodney’s other children, Abby, Alex and Thomas, gave themselves up at the family’s home without incident.

Then it gets good, kids.

 

Braathen says a tip called in lead to the farm field arrest. After some negotiation, Rodney and Jacob were arrested without incident. Braathen says they were not armed.

Then the story goes off the rails…

 

Braathen says family members at the home had been given some time to get things in order before being detained. Rodney’s mother was also apparently at the farmstead. She had been reportedly supplying the family with food during the ongoing ordeal.

Braathen says the mother, Susan, won’t be arrested. She remains with their three juvenile children on the farm that includes a house, trailer home and two RV trailers. She has agreed to appear in court Monday, too, on the Class A misdemeanor charge from June involving giving law enforcement false information.

Just trying to wrap mind mind around those last two paragraphs almost makes my head explode. First, magnanimously, Sheriff Andy Taylor Kelly Janke allows these people time to brush their teeth before going to jail. Then, the mother who committed the mortal sin of feeding her children was not arrested- only detained- on a misdemeanor charge of lying to law enforcement. What am I missing? The sheriff charges someone with lying and then makes them promise to show up for court? Take that Barney Fife’s bullet away.

So now we move on to a couple days ago…

The tiny town of Lakota, N.D., is quickly becoming a key testing ground for the legality of the use of unmanned drones by law enforcement after one of its residents became the first American citizen to be arrested with the help of a Predator surveillance drone.

Wooops, the first article quoted Deputy Braathen as saying it was a ‘tip’ that led them to the field. I guess he kinda left out the part about Homeland Security supplying the tip.

The bizarre case started when six cows wandered onto Rodney Brossart’s 3,000 acre farm. Brossart, an alleged anti-government “sovereignist,” believed he should have been able to keep the cows, so he and two family members chased police off his land with high powered rifles.

How do we know these are “sovereignists”? How can you tell them apart from, say, members of PETA? I mean if they would have claimed to be protecting the beasts from slaughter they could have avoided all this.

OR could they have?

We know they are incorrigible citizens because of the papers filed in court. Not the papers filed in this case, but another case in Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:

Case No. 32-2011-CV-00045

From the brief:

ARGUMENT

German LTD.’s claim for relief by default is not supported by documents submitted by German LTD. that there was an actual default.

German LTD. failed to show proof that there was an actual attorney/client agreement.

The court cannot accept a judgment by default of Brossart. In German LTD.’s own filings, he shows the court that Brossart responded to the complaint brought before him. (R 8)

The summons and complaint was served upon Brossart by the Nelson County Sheriff on July 29, 2011. (R 3) Brossart responded to the summons and complaint on August 16, 2011. (R 8) That was on the 18th day of the 20 day deadline. Brossart’s response was, “This is my property I do not agree to this sale,” signed and dated by the Appellant, Rodney Brossart. German LTD. showed with a received dated stamp that the response was received on August 18, 2011. August 18, 2011 was the 20th day of the 20 day deadline to respond.

The Appellant, Rodney Brossart responded within the allotted time placed before him by German LTD. Therefore, judgment by default is not a decision that the court can make, according to North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 55(a).

In all filings made by German LTD., he lacks to show that an attorney/client agreement actually existed according to North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.5.

In the complaint, German LTD states, “on or about December 31, 2008, Rodney Brossart requested and authorized Raymond J. German, Attorney at Law, to perform legal services related to the Prescriptive Easement matter with William T. Franzen.” “Raymond J. German, Attorney at Law with the firm of Raymond J. German, Ltd., agreed to and did represent Rodney Brossart from December 31, 2008 to March 4, 2011, in exchange for payment of Attorney German’s legal services.” (R 2) This is merely words on paper not made legitimate by record or fact. German LTD. fails to show that an agreement between an attorney and client ever existed.

As you can see, this is about much more than six cows wandering onto his property.

The Honorable Sonja Clapp, Presiding Judge of the District Court, Northeast Central Judicial District was assigned to the case. (R 10) Brossart submitted a motion for summary judgment to the court. The Hon. Clapp, disqualified herself pursuant to Canon 3 (E)(1)(a) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. (R 12) All the judges in the Northeast Central Judicial District were later disqualified by the order of the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle. (R 13) The case was then assigned to the Hon. Christofferson. (R 14-15) Within days of being assigned to the case, the Hon. Christofferson denies Brossart’s Motion for Summary Judgment and awards German LTD. his claim of relief. (R 18)

Whoa. Looks like something else is afoot. Let’s look up Canon 3 (E)(1)(a), shall we?

ANSWER

There should be some period during which the judge recuses himself from any proceeding in which a former opponent for judicial office serves as an attorney, whether or not there is actual bias or prejudice on the part of the judge. If in fact the judge considers that there is actual partiality due to bias or prejudice, the recusal should last as long as the bias exists. If there is no actual bias, the length of the recusal period is governed by what is a reasonable time for the public perception to conclude that there is no bias. The decision as to the period of recusal should be determined by the judge.

Canon 3(E)(1)(a) of the North Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct specifies that

“A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in an proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned including but not limited to instances where:

(a) the judge has a personal bias or prejudice concerning the party or a party’s lawyer . . ..”


All the judges were disqualified in central North Dakota for bias? So they find a judge that can hear the case and within days he rules against Brossart.

The case is still active.

The dates correspond to this time frame, as well.

This isn’t about cattle rustling, nor drones. This is about some lawyer with clout trying to get his land. They paint him as some militia type and send in the drones.

Wanna bet there is oil under that land?

 

Twits

March 31st, 2012 by Rebel Mope

Those of you following my Twitter™ account know about the special prize for the 100th commenter. I shant give away how many more comments will be required, but suffice it to say it is under ten.

Lurkers with monikers can win with a simple comment. Spammers get diddly. I’ll know the difference.

The prize is an all expense trip to Las Vegas, with 4 nights at the Flamingo, a helicopter ride to Hoover Dam and snorkeling at Lake Meade. Winner must place my wagers for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series™ at the sportsbook.

Dinner with Angelika is a prerequisite of accepting the prize. (She’s on my BookFace page).

I suspect I will have a winner by noon tomorrow.  My fiduciary will be the one drawing the check.

Best of Luck!